The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-16
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
GREAT THRONES TO HEAR THE
ELO UENT DIVINE.

DhDOhL1Ns FeD. io.-ONeT ObDperSD nave
Joined the Brooklyn Tabernacle, pastor the
Rev. T. Dewitt Talrnage, D. D., during the
present revival, making the communicate
membership OF this church about 1000 Pro
fessor Henry Eyre Browne rendered an organ
solo. second sonata in Z minor, by A. g.
Ritter. The congregational singing was like
the voice Of many waters when the pastor
gave out the hymn:
He that leadeth me; o, blessed thought
o words with heavenly comfort fraught.
The subject of DR. Talmage's sermon was
@The Ransomed," and his text was | Cor
fnthians, vi, 20: Eye are bought with
price"
Your friend takes you through his valuable
house You examine the arches the fresco,
the grass plots, the fish ponds, the consorva-
tories, the parks Of deer and you say within
yourself, or you say aloud: "What did all
this costf You see costly apparel or you see
a high mettled span Of horses harnessed with
silver and gold, and you begin 70 make an Is
innate Of the value. The who owns
large estate cannot instantly tell you what it
Is all worth. He says: II viii estimate 50
much for the house, 50 much for the furni-
ture, 50 much for laying out the grounds, so
much for the stock, much for the barn, so
much for the equipage-adding up, in all
making this aggregate"
We'll my friends, hear 80 much about
our mansion in heaven, about ITS furniture
and the grand surroundings, that | want TO
know how much it is all worth, and what has
actually been paid for it. / cannot complete
in "A month or year the magnificent calcula-
ton; but before get through to-day ! hope
90 give You the figures. eye are bought with
price,
With some friends l went into London
- i -. l..
land. We walked around caught one glimpse
Of them, and being in the procession were
compelled 10 pass out. ! wish that to-day !
could take this audience into the tower OF
Gods mercy and strength that you might
walk around just once at least and see the
crown jewels OF eternity, behold their brill
lance and estimate their value. aye are
bought with price" Now, if you have a
large amount Of money to pay, you do not
pay it all at once, but you pay it by install
Inents-so much the LIST of January, so much
the LIST of April, 50 much the LIST Of July, so
much the LIST Of October until the entire
amount is paid. And have 70 tell this audi
ence that "You have been bought with a
price and that that price was in different
installments
The first installment paid for the clearance
of our souls was the ignominious birth of
be carefully looked after afterward, our
advent into the world is carefully guarded.
We come into the world amid kindly atten-
tions Privacy and silence are afforded when
God launches an immortal soul into the world.
Even the toughest Of men know enough to
stand back But have to tell you that in
the village on the side of the hill, there was q
very bedlam Of uproaT when Jesus was born.
In a village capable of accommodating only
few hundred people many thousand people
were crowded; and amid hostlers and mule
teers, and camel drivers yelling at stupid
beasts of burden. the Messiah appeared No
silence. No privacy A better adapted
place hath the eaglet in the eyrie-hath
the whelp in the lions lair. The exile OF
heaven lieth down upon the straw. The first
night out from the palace Of heaven spent in
an Clubhouse One hour after laying aside
tho robes OF heaven, dressed in n wrapper of
coarse linen. One would have supposed that
Christ would have made more gradual des-
cent coming from heaven first to halfway
world Of great magnitude, then to Caesars
palace, then TO merchants castle in Cali
lee, then to private home in Bethany, then
to fishermnn's hut, and last of all to the
stable MOI IL was one leap from the top to
the bottom.
Let us open the door of the caravansary in
bethlehem and drive away the camels. Press
on through the group of idlers and loungers.
What, o Mary, no lighti mo light" sue
says, "save that which comes through the
door" What, Mary, no foods "None," she
says, "only that which is brought in the sack
on the Journey" Let the Bethlehem woman
who has come in here with kindly affection
put back the covering from the babe that we
may look upon it. Look looki Uncover
your head. Let us kneel. Let all voices be
hushed Son of Mary Son of Godl Child
OF q day-monarch of eternity In that eye
the glance of a God. Omnipotence sheathed
in that babes arm That voice to be changed
from the feeble plant to the tone that shall
wake the dead Hosannal Hosannal Glory
be TO God that Jesus came from throne to
manager that we might rise from manager to
throne, and that all the gates are open, and
that the door of heaven that once swung this
way to let Jesus out now swings the other
way to let us in. Let all the bellmen of
heaven lay hold the rope, and ring out the
news: "Behold, 1 bring you glad tidings of
great joy, which shall be to all people; for
to-day is born in the city of David, Saviour
which is Christ, the Lordw
The second installment paid for our souls
clearance was the scene in Quarantania, q
mountainous region full of caverns, where
there are to this day panthers and wild beasts
of all sorts; SO that you must now, the trav-
eller says, go there armed with knife or gun
or pistol 1t was there that Jesus went to
think and pray, and it was there that. THU
monster of hell, more sly, moro terrific thar
anything that prowled in that country-Satar
himself, met Christ. The rose in the cheek
of Christ-tbat Publius Lentulus in his letter
TO the Roman senate, ascribed to Jesus--thai
rose had scattered its petals. Abstinenc,
from food had thrown him into emaciation
The longest abstinence from food recorded il
profane history is that of the crew of the shiI
Juno; for twenty-three days they had nothing
to eat But this sufferer had tasted monti
and ten DAYS before he broke fast
Hunger must have agonized every fiber o
the body and gnawed ON the stomach witt
teeth Of death. The thought of morsel o
bpead or meat must have thrilled the body
with something like ferocity. Turn out
pack of men hungry as Christ was a-hun
gercd, and if they had strength, with on
yell they would devour you as lion a kid
1t was in that pang of hunger that Jesus wa
accosted, and Satan said: Now change thes
stones, which look like bread into an aetna
supply of bread Had the temptation com
to you or mo under those circumstances. W
would have cried Bread it shall bein an,
been almost impatient at the time taken TO
mastication; but Christ with one hand bea
back the hunger, and with the other hanc
beat the monarch of darkness o, ye temptes
onesl Christ was tempted. We are toll,
that Napoleon ordered coat OF mai
made; but he was not quite certain thai
1t was impenetrable, so he said TO the manu-
facturer of that coat of mail; "Put it On
now yourself and let us try it, and with shot
after shot from his own pistol tho emperor
found out that it was Just what it pretended
to be-a good coat of mail. Then the man
received large reward. / bless God that
the same coat of mail that struck hack the
weapons of temptation from the heart of
Christ we may all now wear; for Jesus comes
and says: II have been tempted. and know
what it is 10 be tempted. Take this robe that
defended me and wear it for yourselves. ]
win see you through all trials, and 4 will see
you through all temptations"
~But," says Satan still further to Jesus,
@come and will show you something worth
looking at.n and after a half days journey
they came to Jerusalem and to the top of tho
temple. Just one might go up in the
tower of Antwerp and look Off upon Bel
GUM, so Satan brought Christ to the top Of
the temple. Some people at a great height
feel dizzy, and have strange disposition Il
jump: 50 Satan comes to Christ with a pow
erful temptation in that very crisis. Stand
ing tbele at the Top OK the Vefnpie they ioot
of. A magnificent reach Of country. Grain
fields, vineyards, olive groves, forests
and streams, cattle in the valleys
focks on the hills, and villages ans
cities and realms. "Now,r says Sa
tan, @rn make bargain. Just jumy
of. know it is great way from the tol
of the temple to the valley, but il you ar,
divine you can fly. Jump Off 1t won't hur
YOU Angels viii catch you. Your Fathel
win hold YOU Besides. III make you a larg
present, If you will IN give you Asia Minor
III give YOU India, IN give you China, n
give you Ethiopia, nj give you Italy, II
give you Spain, I'll give you Germany, II
give you Britain, III give you all the world.